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When they first begin working as prosecutors, rookie assistant attorneys learn important unwritten rules, legal practices, and appropriate penalties:

Which of the following terms describes the system of behaviors, expectations, and morals composing standards of conduct for professionals?

The public defender system was started where in 1914?

All patients treated in a healthcare facility or enterprise, whether inpatient or outpatient, are entered into an electronic database system known as the:

__________ percent of defendants are described by their attorneys as recalcitrant.

“Judge shopping” rarely occurs in large urban courts.

CASE 10.1 A careful reading of the Eighth Amendment reveals that the Constitution does not specifically provide that all citizens have a right to bail. Rather, if bail is granted, it must not be “excessive,” as defined by the Supreme Court in Stack v. Boyle (1951), as an amount higher than reasonably calculated to ensure the defendants presence at trial. A right to bail, however, was recognized in common law and in statutes as early as 1789 for all those accused of committing noncapital crimes. In 1966, Congress enacted the Bail Reform Act, thereby creating a statutory presumption favoring pretrial release of federal arrestees. In most communities, the lower-court judges have adopted which kind of bail schedule?

A patient was found unconscious outside in blizzard conditions.  The patient is hypothermic with apparent frostbite to the feet and hands.  Which interventions are appropriate for treatment of this patient?  Select all that apply.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the traditional American judge?

An IV drip of propofol is infusing at 10 mcg/kg/minute.  Propofol is mixed as 250 mg in 250 mL D5W.  The patient weighs 76.4 kg.  How many mL/hr is the propolol infusing? Round the answer to the nearest tenth.  Do not include units of measurement in the answer.  The following formulas may be used on math questions.  When calculating a weight in kilograms round to the nearest hundredth and then use that number to calculate the dosage.  Round your final answer as indicated in the question.  ml/hr = mcg x kg x 60    or mcg x kg x 60 divided by mcg/ml                             mcg/ml  mcg/kg/min = mcg/ml x ml/hr divided by kg divided by 60  mcg/min= mcg/ml x ml/hr divided by 60  ml/hr = mg drip ordered to infuse at x 60 divided by mg/ml  ml/hr = mcg drip ordered to infuse at x 60 divided by mcg/ml [BLANK-1]